Thursday, 25 April 2019

Aurochs model: Horns & finish

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T he shape of my aurochs model made from air-drying clay is finally finished and ready to be painted. I added the curly hair (the mane and f...
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Sunday, 14 April 2019

Auerrind herd at Groß-Rohrheim

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T wo days ago, a couple of new recent photos of the Auerrind herd at Groß-Rohrheim, Germany, were published on the Auerrind Project's b...
Saturday, 6 April 2019

Horn shape evolution in Oostvaardersplassen

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I already covered my suspicion that Heck cattle are morphologically changing in the Oostvaardersplassen reserve due to natural selection in...
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Aurochs model update

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A bout one month passed since my latest aurochs model updat e, so it is time for another one (please do not use the photos without permissio...
Monday, 25 March 2019

First Chianina x Watussi is born

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T oday, the Auerrind project announced that the first Chianina x Watussi calf was born this week. It's a cow calf. I am very happy to...
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Thursday, 21 March 2019

Aurochs model: Work in progress

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H ere are a few work in progress photos of my new aurochs bull model from air-drying modelling clay that I started in December 2018: ...
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Video of very aurochs-like Lidia bulls

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I recently found this video of a couple of Lidia bulls that I find to have a rather impressive morphology on youtube:  The body shape of...
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Monday, 4 February 2019

New aurochs model upcoming

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In 2015, I did models of an aurochs bull and cow in scale 1:10 made from polymer clay. You can see them on this post, they are displayed at...
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Sunday, 20 January 2019

The last aurochs hybridized with cattle in the wild

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D omestic animals and their wild counterparts are usually able to interbreed freely and produce fertile hybrids. Thus, it is always likely ...
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Monday, 14 January 2019

Albatros, the Heck bull, vs. aurochs

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W hen looking through Walter Frisch’s  Der Auerochs  (2010) I found a photo of the Heck bull Albatros in perfect profile view (the photo is...
Friday, 11 January 2019

From aurochs to cattle: step by step

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I n the post The real differences between aurochs and cattle I go over the organismic differences between the aurochs and cattle in regard...
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Sunday, 30 December 2018

What to do with the wisent in the Caucasus?

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For an update of my take on to this subject, go here .  T he Caucasus mountains were home to another subspecies of wisent,  Bison  bonasus ...
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Sunday, 23 December 2018

The Origin of Maronesa

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B ack in a 2013 post , I called Maronesa a “relict breed” from Portugal. Not because of an alleged isolated ancient origin, but for its fla...
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